honestgamer's Mark of the Ninja: Remastered review

Good review. I like the line about the fairy. You mention that you might 'go loud' for an entire level but probably your score would reflect that you didn't do things stealthily and you might then retry the level. Does that mean your progress from level-to-level is gated by a certain score threshold?

No, it doesn't mean that. You get skill points you can use on upgrades based on how many score thresholds you pass, but there are enough skill points that you can generously upgrade yourself even if you're missing some markers. Thanks for reading!

You can get a big points bonus if you go the entire level without being seen. Or by not killing anyone. Or by killing everyone. The game doesn't stop progression, but the amount of different ways you can get through levels is massive, and the game bends over backwards to reward you for it.

I played the hell out of this back on the 360. Spent hours replaying levels, going on massive killing sprees where I threw the dead bodies of guard's slaughtered colleagues at them to freak them out, or strung them up on lampposts for the world to see. Then I'd dive right back in and see if I could beat it on full stealth. It really is the kind of excellently constructed game that can devour your evening.

I should probably get this for my new switch. There's not a lot on the console I'm interested in and I don't really see myself sitting down for an entire session to play it on my PC, but might be a fun game to have while being an introvert at a party, or just out and about.

Switch has around 1500 games available for it now, including a lot of the most intriguing games you'll find on other platforms such as PC and PS4, so make sure to dig around a bit before writing the platform off as largely uninteresting. With that said, Mark of the Ninja would be a great addition to most libraries, if you like ninja and action games. It's $19.99, which gives a lot of people pause, but I think worth the price of admittance!

I'll admit that Mark of the Ninja isn't my cup of tea, but your review was quite entertaining. "Forget what I just wrote" ... yeah, ratings. The label's on there... to be sure...

@Zydrate: Yes the Switch lacks long form Triple A's, but I'm confident the console's library will catch your interest. Look how quickly the defenders jumped out, huh?